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Chapter 159 The Mysterious Tomb of the Immortal Emperor
Lingxi Jade?
Chen Ming immediately thought of the list of the number one restaurant in the world. In the category of rare treasures, there is a "List of Spiritual Jade", and the Spirit Rhinoceros Jade is on the list.

This Lingxi Jade can make people communicate with each other. As long as two people each carry a piece of Lingxi Jade, they can communicate on a spiritual level.

It also has another function: it allows two people to share a bed and dream together.

When Chen Ming first saw this thing, he even thought to himself that it was ridiculous.

This thing is practically a breakup artifact. If any couple or spouse gets their hands on this Lingxi Jade, it won't be long before they break up, or even become enemies.

Only young people who are blindly fantasizing about love would think this thing is so wonderful. In reality, for a couple to obtain the Lingxi Jade, it's a disaster.

Unexpectedly, he actually came across this kind of spiritual jade that only exists in legends.

It should be noted that even the "Blood-Infused Spirit Jade" that Senior Shang gave him, which contained a sword intent, could not be listed on the Spirit Jade Ranking.

This shows how precious this Lingxi jade is.

As Chen Ming was thinking, he suddenly felt a chill between his eyebrows, as if his consciousness had been pulled away by some force.

In the blink of an eye, everything around them turned pitch black.

"here it is……"

He looked around for a while and found the place somewhat familiar. When he looked up, he saw a starry sky.

This is a square courtyard, with the night sky overhead.

"you lose."

Suddenly, he heard a very familiar voice, which startled him. He turned around and saw Su Zhining, dressed in white, who had appeared in the courtyard at some point.

A sword was stuck in her chest. She was kneeling on one knee, head bowed, blood flowing everywhere.

"you lose."

The voice sounded again.

Chen Ming heard it clearly and thought to himself, "Holy crap!"

He recognized the voice all too well; it was his own voice.

"It seems that this is Su Zhining's dream."

Chen Ming made this guess.

The Spirit Jade allows two people to share a bed and dreams. Now, he must have entered Su Zhining's dream. No, to be precise, he must be her "inner demon."

He could clearly feel that Su Zhining, who was squatting on the ground, was losing her life little by little.

However, he did not act rashly, but instead pondered how to remove her inner demons.

The same thing can evoke different feelings in different people.

Just like him, if he loses to someone, he'll only feel bad about the lost experience points.

But for Su Zhining, it was clearly not the case.

He didn't actually hurt her, but for her, it felt like a long sword had pierced her heart—a fatal blow.

The key issue is that he doesn't know how to cheer her up.

Before he came in, the Peony Girl didn't give him a hint.

"What should we do now?"

Chen Ming stared blankly at Su Zhining, who was squatting there bleeding profusely.

……

In the boudoir, Peony stood in front of the bed, looking at the two people sitting cross-legged on the bed, her face expressionless.

Suddenly, her expression changed, and with a wave of her hand, the bed curtains fell down, enclosing the bed.

In a few breaths, the door opened silently.

A woman wearing a veil walked in.

Peony bowed slightly and asked respectfully, "Why did you come in person?"

"Come and see you."

The woman's gaze swept across the bed, and she asked, "Who are those two people on the bed?"

"Two insignificant people."

"This is... Sharing a Bed and Dreaming?" The woman seemed to have discovered something, her tone somewhat surprised. "You actually gave them the Spirit Jade? You should know that after using Sharing a Bed and Dreaming, these two pieces of Spirit Jade will be destroyed."

A deep sorrow flashed in Peony's eyes, mixed with a kind of wild pleasure—an extremely complex emotion.

She said quietly, "Let it be destroyed."

The masked woman seemed thoughtful. "It seems you've let go of that man. When you chose to become the top courtesan at Tianxiang Pavilion, I thought you were crazy... but it turned out to be surprisingly effective."

Peony didn't continue the topic, but asked, "You came to see me because there's been any progress on that matter?"

The veiled woman said, "Indeed, the time has come for the suspected tomb of the Eternal Emperor to be revealed..."

……

…………

In a dream.

"you lose."

"you lose."

"you lose……"

"..."

The sound kept repeating and echoing in the air, gradually becoming like a demonic chant penetrating the brain.

For the first time, Chen Ming hated his own voice so much; how could it be so annoying?

He thought and thought but couldn't come up with a good solution, so he gritted his teeth and walked over to the increasingly weak Su Zhining.

Can't wait any longer!
He has to do something, even if it's better than doing nothing.

"Miss Su."

Chen Ming walked up to her and called out.

She did not respond.

"Miss Su, it's me."

He called her a few more times, but she still didn't respond at all.

Could he already be dead?

Chen Ming panicked and stepped forward to support her face, lifting her head. He saw that her eyes were tightly closed, and she was barely breathing, seemingly having completely lost consciousness.

At that moment, he felt the light dimming. Turning his head, he saw that the courtyard wall had been swallowed by darkness.

This space is getting smaller and smaller, and it won't be long before it's completely swallowed up by darkness.

At that time, she would probably be dead.

Then I'd probably be dead too.

Chen Ming panicked and shouted, "Miss Su, wake up, hey..."

They slapped her face and pinched her philtrum.

She still didn't react at all.

In just a short while, the space has shrunk by nearly half.

"No!"

With a sudden surge of determination, Chen Ming reached out and grabbed the sword stuck in her chest, pulling it out abruptly.

With a hiss.

Large amounts of blood splattered out, covering him completely.

Su Zhining's body trembled violently, and she finally opened her eyes. Her face was still covered by a veil, revealing only her eyes, which were filled with confusion.

"Are you OK?"

Chen Ming was overjoyed, tossed the sword aside, and asked, "Are you alright?"

He noticed that the darkness that was constantly surging towards the center suddenly stopped and ceased to shrink.

Su Zhining's gaze gradually focused, finally regaining a sliver of clarity, "You—"

With a loud bang, the entire space shook and then began to collapse.

"what's the situation?"

Chen Ming was startled and instinctively hugged Su Zhining tightly in his arms. In the blink of an eye, they were swallowed by darkness.

……

When the light reappeared in his sight, Chen Ming saw a person who was somewhat familiar yet very unfamiliar.

"That's me, isn't it?"

He was a little unsure; the man looked somewhat like him, but somehow he seemed sleazy, with those lecherous eyes—he could easily be a textbook example for a film school acting class. The surroundings also felt somewhat familiar.

Chen Ming quickly remembered that this was the Six Doors of Qingfeng City, Du Caiyue's Yingyue Hall.

He realized that this was the scene of his first meeting with Su Zhining.

The "he" standing in front of her was clearly the image of him in Su Zhining's mind.

Goodness, so this is how she saw me when we first met.

Then, the scene changed.

Chen Ming recognized at a glance that this was outside the Zhenhai Prince's Mansion. He had just pushed the door open and turned around, and there was still that lecherous and sleazy figure.

Scenes change rapidly.

Chen Ming found it quite novel to see himself through Su Zhining's eyes, and his image changed each time.

It wasn't until that night, when he raised the "trolley dilemma," that he finally stopped being lecherous and returned to normal.

Chen Ming thought to himself, "So it was from this point that my image started to become positive."

His image continued to change, sometimes appearing slick, sometimes sinister, and sometimes menacing...

Until that night, after Su Zhining was defeated by him for the first time, his image underwent a huge change. His sword intent soared to the sky, and he had the demeanor of a grandmaster just by standing there casually.

"From that moment on, my image became tall and mighty in her eyes."

Chen Ming felt a secret sense of satisfaction.

At first you ignored me, now you can't afford to be near me.

Finally, the scene changed again.

He knew this was the scene from their second competition.

A sky full of sword shadows appeared before my eyes, eventually transforming into a giant sword that pierced through everything, and the entire world began to collapse.

Looking at this apocalyptic scene, Chen Ming felt a little strange. How could a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Alliance be so fragile?

"Forget it, this isn't the time to think about these things."

He began to think about what he should do next to repair the world.
Soon, the whole world was reduced to a small courtyard and Su Zhining kneeling on the ground, her heart pierced.

Everything has returned to how it was at the beginning.

……

In the boudoir.

The masked woman had already left. Peony stood in front of the bed, looking at the two people on the bed, and noticed a tiny crack on the jade pendant between their eyebrows.

A pang of pain shot through her eyes, and she murmured, "Boy, your time is running out."

……

In a dream.

Chen Ming walked towards Su Zhining and, without saying a word, pulled the Mingfeng Sword out of her chest, splattering blood all over him again.

Su Zhining woke up again, and when her eyes regained some clarity, she moved her lips as if she wanted to say something.

Chen Ming noticed the space was beginning to collapse and hurriedly said, "Time is of the essence, listen to me. It's just two losses, it's nothing. I'm waiting for you to defeat me..."

Before he could finish speaking, the world collapsed again, and everything was plunged into darkness.

Oh shit.

He cursed under his breath, but after a while, his vision returned to normal.

He saw that lecherous, somewhat sleazy version of himself again.

"Am I just supposed to watch like this, unable to do anything?"

Chen Ming racked his brains and tried various methods, but he still couldn't do anything. He could only watch his interactions with Su Zhining from her perspective, and his image kept changing.

The world collapsed once again when she was defeated by herself for the second time.

……

When the third cycle began, Chen Ming could feel that he had become much more illusory.

I'm afraid the Spirit Jade won't last much longer.

"There must be a way!"

He started thinking hard.

This is Su Zhining's dream.

He was probably just a wisp of thought; it was completely impossible for him to influence her dream. The problem was that she was awake for only a very short time, less than two seconds…

Are we just supposed to sit idly by and watch this dream world collapse?
He knew that if things continued like this, it was only a matter of time before the dream completely collapsed.

"Miss Peony is being too reckless. What's the point of letting me into the dream? If we had invited a second-rank expert, perhaps they could have used their sword intent to influence this dream..."

Sword intent?

Chen Ming suddenly remembered the "sword jade" that Senior Shang had given him, and a thought struck him: if he could activate the sword intent within the sword jade, perhaps...

Ever since he obtained that "sword jade", he would comprehend the sword intent within it every night, even after he had mastered the Vermilion Bird Sword Technique.

His idea was simple: if he could master a sword intent in advance, how many experience points could he save!

However, due to his limited cultivation level, he is still far from mastering sword intent; he needs to reach at least the third rank.

"bring it on!"

Chen Ming began to simulate the essence of that sword intent in his mind.

The closer his state of mind is to the essence of sword intent, the more he will comprehend from it.

Gradually, he seemed to sense the sword intent.

"Success!"

……

Inside the boudoir.

Seeing that three cracks had appeared on the jade, Peony frowned deeply and thought with some disappointment, "It seems this won't work..."

Just then, she suddenly sensed something and stared at Chen Ming's chest.

She sensed a terrifying sword intent there.

Her eyes narrowed slightly. "The sword intent of a Divine Realm expert?"

This kid actually has a Divine Realm expert behind him.

"Ok?"

Peony suddenly looked at Su Zhining and could clearly feel her breath weakening.

"So that's how it is, using sword intent to break through her inner demons..."

……

In a dream.

This evolved into their second encounter.

When the giant sword appeared, Chen Ming finally sensed the sword intent again and shouted, "Break!"

Suddenly, the giant sword paused for a moment, then, starting from the tip, it crumbled little by little until it vanished into nothingness.

In the dream, the somber and despairing atmosphere disappeared, replaced by a tender, poignant, and moving expression of love.

This is the power left behind by the sword intent from just now.

Chen Ming waited a while and saw that the dream hadn't collapsed and Su Zhining was standing there unharmed. He was overjoyed, "It seems we succeeded."

Just then, he felt something shatter, and his whole being vanished like a bubble.

Su Zhining, who was standing there, finally reacted. She raised her hand and touched her face, and saw that her fingers were stained with blood.

It was from a distance when Chen Ming unleashed that sword intent.

She closed her eyes, and the languid, loveless atmosphere in the air seemed to envelop her.

A tear rolled down her cheek.

……

Chen Ming opened his eyes and saw the shattered Lingxi Jade.

He found himself back in reality. Su Zhining, sitting opposite him, had calmed down. The bloodstains under her skin had disappeared, and she looked weak but peaceful.

It seems she's alright.

Turning her head, she found the boudoir empty; the peony maiden was nowhere to be seen.

If you don't go now, when will you wait?
Chen Ming quickly got out of bed and tiptoed out of the room.

(End of this chapter)